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Paranoid schizophrenia involves feelings of being persecuted or plotted against.
See also:
Paranoid schizophrenia
People with paranoid schizophrenia may have over-the-top (grandiose) mistaken beliefs (delusions) about protecting themselves from the plot that they think is against them.
Other symptoms include:
- Feeling tense, suspicious, guarded, and reserved
- "Hearing things" (auditory hallucinations)
Paranoid schizophrenia usually does not involve the disorganized speech and behavior that is seen in other types of schizophrenia.
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